World richest people – 793 people are part of our list of billionaires worldwide in 2009
March 13, 2009 by
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The rich, like the rest of us have had to cope with a financial crisis in the past year. At present, 793 people are part of our list of billionaires worldwide, a reduction of 30% over last year.
From 1125 up to the billionaires list last year, and 373 are not included, because their fortunes declined 355 and 18 because they died. There are 38 new members over three magnates who returned to the list again after reaching a fortune of more than 10 digits. For the first time since 2003 the world lost billionaires.
The world’s rich are also much poorer. His fortune amounts to a combined net total of $ 2.4 billion, about $ 2 billion less than last year. The average net wealth fell by 23%, to $ 3 billion. The last time we had an average so low was in 2003.
Bill Gates lost $ 18 billion, but kept his title of richest man in the world. Warren Buffet, the No. 1 last year, saw his wealth decline by $ 25 billion when the shares of Berkshire Hathaway fell almost 50% in 12 months, but still he managed to drop only a place to become No. 2 on our list. The Mexican telecom entrepreneur Carlos Slim Helú, also lost $ 25 billion and fell to the No. 3 post.
It was hard to escape the killing, whether it was in the bag, the market for raw materials, real estate or technology. Even those that were profitable businesses were hit by frozen credit markets, consumers spend little coins and increasingly weak.
The person who lost more this year, in dollars, who was won over last year. Indians Anil Ambani lost $ 32 billion (76% of his fortune) when its shares of Reliance Communications, Reliance Power and Reliance Capital collapsed.
Ambani is one of 24 Indian billionaires, except one, are all poorer than last year. 29 other Indians completely lost its status as multimillionaires when Indian stock market fell by 44% last year and the value of the rupee depreciated by 18% against the dollar. India is no longer the country with more billionaires, that gave rise to China which has 28.
Russia has become the epicenter of the decline of the market for raw materials, finishing with 55 billionaires (two thirds of their harvest of 2008). Among them: Dmitry Pumpyansky, an industrial region of the Ural Mountains, which lost $ 5 billion when the shares of its factory pipes, TMK, fell 84%. Who also left the list is Vasily Anisimov, the father of the Moscow version of Paris Hilton, Anna Anisimov. This man lost $ 3.2 billion if the value of Metalloinvest Holding, one of the largest mining companies and mineral processing in Russia, fell along with their real estate properties.
Twelve months ago, Moscow has overtaken New York as the capital of the world with 74 billion dollar against the 71 magnates of New York. At present, there are 27 in Moscow, while in New York is 55.
Having fallen in recent years, EE. UU. resuming his power is as a store of riches. Americans account for 44% of the money and occupy 45% of places on the list, which means an increase of seven and three percentage points respectively compared to last year. Still, it has 110 billionaires from the previous year.
Most hurt were those whose fortunes were linked to Wall Street. Former AIG director Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, saw his fortune of $ 1.9 billion almost completely disappears when the government of the United States. UU. had to get bailed andalusia giant insurance. Today, Greenberg fails to raise $ 100 million. The former president of Citigroup, Sandy Weill, also disappeared from the list.
Last year there were 39 U.S. billionaires fund investment managers free, there are 28 this year. Twelve of the giant U.S. private equity outside the list of billionaires.
Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone Group, who lost $ 4 billion and Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts’ Henry Kravis, who lost $ 2.5 billion, retaining its status as multimillionaires despite its diminished fortunes.
Worldwide, 80 out of 355 falls with regard to the list last year were from the world financial fortunes and investment.
While 656 billionaires have lost money last year, only 44 increased their fortunes. Those who won money were those aimed at consumers concerned about the budget (Tadashi Yanai of UNIQLO), predicted the crisis (the investor John Paulson) or just in time effect (Guy Laliberté from Cirque Du Soleil).
So, is there a place where one can make a fortune today? These 38 new entrants offer a few clues. Among the most notable of the new billionaires are the Mexican Joaquin Guzman Loera, a major supplier of cocaine to the United States. UU., Chuanfu Wang of China, whose byd Co. began selling electric cars in January, and John Paul Dejoria who keeps clean the world with his Paul Mitchell shampoo and happy with their Tequila Patrón.
